On The Sofa with British Mums brings you the latest on life in Dubai, the chaos and joys of motherhood, and plenty more. This week, we meet Lauren and Jen from the British Mums Team and hear about their journey in Dubai, while getting to know more about the story behind this amazing community. We also talk about going back to school, being new in Dubai and w ... Show More
Mar 10
Our home, our United Arab Emirates
Hello and welcome to on the sofa with British Mums, I’m Emma, and I’m joined by Jen and Lauren for a gentle team chat after what has been an unsettling week here in the region and the place we call home. We’re not here to give advice or tell anyone how they should feel, just to s ... Show More
21m 35s
Feb 17
Birth Stories: Babies and Belly Laughs Part 2
In Season 3, Episode 12 of On the Sofa with British Mums, Emma is back on the sofa with Laura, Cat, and Catrina as they continue their deeply personal and often hilarious conversation about birth stories in this much-anticipated Part Two.Picking up where they left off, the team d ... Show More
29m 47s
Feb 3
Birth Stories: Babies and Belly Laughs Part 1
In Season 3, Episode 11 of On the Sofa with British Mums, host Emma is joined by Laura, Cat, and Catrina from the team for an honest, funny, and emotional conversation all about birth stories. They share their experiences of pregnancy and birth in different countries, comparing w ... Show More
25m 36s
Dec 2023
Our American Farewell: Choosing Dubai for Love, Life, and a Little One
🌟 Welcome to a very special episode of our podcast: "Our American Farewell: Choosing Dubai for Love, Life, and a Little One." 🌟 In this heartwarming and adventurous episode, join us, Max and Mai, as we dive deep into our life-altering decision to leave the familiar streets of A ... Show More
49m 20s
Mar 2021
Growing up online and bribing our mums | Anastasia Kingsnorth & Julie Stanton
Welcome to Mum Made Me Do It - Series 2! Join me, Saffron Barker and my mum Wendy as we chat all things mums and daughters in everyday life, totally unfiltered.
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In this episode we have our first ever guests! Yes, Mum and I are talking to one of my best friends, Anastacia King ... Show More
37m 38s
Nov 2023
We're Back... Dubai, LA and Essex!
It's been a while hasn't it...We're so sorry that we've not had an episode for a while guys. As you'll hear in the ep, we've been all over the place. We talk about Sam's house progress, living in a hotel room with 3 kids and LA.Both of us surprised the kids by meeting up in Dubai ... Show More
34m 33s
Jan 2021
Moving house, older brothers & lethal Christmas games
Welcome to Mum Made Me Do It.
Join me, Saffron Barker and my mum Wendy as we chat all things mums and daughters in everyday life, totally unfiltered.
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It's 2021! Let's have a catchup - we have some explaining to do. In this episode hear about why Mum didn't make it to Dubai, m ... Show More
35m 8s
May 2021
A Good old Gossip, Thirsty Builders and Answering a Bugbear about Us!!
Welcome to Mum Made Me Do It - Series 2! Join me, Saffron Barker and my mum Wendy as we chat all things mums and daughters in everyday life, totally unfiltered.
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This week Mum and I take the opportunity of the pod to have a good old catch-up! I've been in Manchester and Mum's ... Show More
45m 34s